Before Abraham was…

John 8:52-59 — Before Abraham was...

Introduction: The Chosen

“Idolatry consists not only in the worship of false gods, but also in the worship of the true God by images.” ~Charles Hodge

“In its Christian application, this means that we are not to make use of visual or pictorial representations of the triune God, or of any person of the Trinity, for the purposes of Christian worship.” ~JI Packer

Can we shows like this from our worship?

Is “The Chosen” Mormon? DId the show quote from the book of Mormon?

Could Jesus have said that he was the law of Moses? 

Matthew 23:15

What you save people is what you save them

Verse 53 — the Religious leaders ask if Jesus is better than Abraham and the prophets who .

In Jesus’ answer, He speaks of 1. Glory 2. The Truth 3. Of Abraham 

Glory

John 8:54

The religious leaders claim that Jesus is seeking his own .

If Jesus is who He to be, then, He also has the to the “throne” of our lives.

Jesus’ point: Glorifying Himself from the Father would be pointless. It is the Father that glorifies the Son.

Jesus taking the “spotlight” off Himself but showing that what is taking place here is Trinitarian. 

Truth

John 8:55

If Jesus were to claim that he did not God, He would be a just as much as His opponents are for saying that they know the Father. 

Illustration: Newsom and the words of Jesus

Abraham

John 8:56-59

Rejoiced (John 5:35)

Jesus’ lesson in Christology: 

— Abraham saw Jesus through the eyes of

— Abraham had a , but Christ did not

— Jesus is the same God that Identified Himself as the creator of things by the designation “I AM”

— Jesus Identified himself as the God that redeemed His people from worldly oppression in the past and was present to redeem them from the curse of sin and death. 

— Jesus identifies himself as anything but

“But by these words, he excludes himself from the ordinary rank of men and claims for himself a power more than human, a power heavenly and divine, the perception of which reached from the beginning of the world through all ages.” ~ John Calvin